Carlton Breast Health Center at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Carlton Breast Health Center at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is a medical clinic in Albany, GA, dedicated to providing comprehensive breast health care for women throughout southwest Georgia. The center focuses on breast cancer prevention, education, diagnostics, treatment, and social and emotional support. Its team approach allows patients to choose individual treatment plans tailored to their specific needs. The clinic holds a 5.00 rating based on one review.

The center offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services, including screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsies and aspirations, stereotactic breast biopsies, and breast MRI with MRI-guided biopsies. It also performs wireless localizations of lesions under ultrasound and mammographic guidance. At the Meredyth Place location in Albany, the center provides screening mammograms and DEXA bone scans to detect osteoporosis. The facility has utilized 3-D mammography, or breast tomosynthesis, for over five years. This technology acquires multiple low-dose images at different angles, helping radiologists identify breast structures without the confusion of overlapping tissue. The center is a NAPBC accredited facility, which ensures access to comprehensive care, a multidisciplinary approach to coordinate treatment options, and information about ongoing clinical trials. Additional resources include breast density education, a lymphedema clinic, and a breast cancer nurse navigator.

Located at 427 W 3rd Ave Suite 400, the clinic is situated about a tenth of a mile from Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Albany Middle School. It is within a short walk of North Monroe Street and North Jefferson Street, with the Boys & Girls Club of America and Engram Park also nearby, approximately three-tenths of a mile away.

The clinic is known for its positive rating from customers and its accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. This standing reflects the quality of the multidisciplinary care and advanced diagnostic technologies available to patients in Albany.

Carlton Breast Health Center at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital combines specialized breast health services with accredited standards of care, serving the women of southwest Georgia from its location in Albany.

Services:

• Breast Ultrasound
• MRI Guided Biopsies
• Mammograms
• Social and Emotional Support
• Stereotactic Breast Biopsies